Tag: China

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Vatican ships thousands of masks to China to help combat coronavirus spread

Tim Pearce · February 3, 2020 9:02 pm

Mike Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be President Trump's secretary of state.

‘Where this disease has emanated from’: Pompeo needles China about coronavirus on Central Asia tour

Joel Gehrke · February 3, 2020 8:29 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Blocking the coronavirus: Hong Kong medical workers go on strike to demand closure of border with China

Joel Gehrke · February 3, 2020 7:10 pm

Medical workers in protective suits move a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward at the Second People's Hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui Province, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The death toll in China's virus outbreak rose to 259 on Saturday and Beijing criticized Washington's tightening of travel controls to bar most foreign nationals who visited the country within the past two weeks.

China accuses US of sowing fear about deadly coronavirus

Cassidy Morrison · February 3, 2020 7:04 pm

Chinese ambassador to Israel invokes Holocaust to rail against coronavirus travel bans

Zach Halaschak · February 3, 2020 6:37 pm

Medical workers in protective suits move a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward at the Second People's Hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui Province, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The death toll in China's virus outbreak rose to 259 on Saturday and Beijing criticized Washington's tightening of travel controls to bar most foreign nationals who visited the country within the past two weeks.

Fear of pandemic as deaths from coronavirus surpass SARS in China

Zach Halaschak · February 3, 2020 5:42 pm

US to rush more citizens back from China to escape coronavirus

Kimberly Leonard · February 3, 2020 5:13 pm

World Health Organization partners with Google to stop spread of coronavirus misinformation

Madison Dibble · February 3, 2020 1:42 pm

Pakistan religious discrimination is enabling human trafficking

Travis Weber, Arielle Del Turco · February 3, 2020 12:01 am

US troops who recently traveled to China quarantined in South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2020 10:10 pm

National security adviser on coronavirus: ‘No reason for Americans to panic’

Madison Dibble · February 2, 2020 5:58 pm

Nepalese government officers and policemen wearing face masks walk at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Authorities have started screening passengers after one confirmed case of a new coronavirus infection was detected in the Himalayan country.

Pentagon to prepare coronavirus quarantine housing for 1,000 people

Spencer Neale · February 1, 2020 9:02 pm